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Here’s the next installment in the “What I Was Watching” series. This is the year I went off to boarding school. Doesn’t that sound dramatic? We were usually too busy to watch much TV, so there are more blanks here. Also, we had to be in our rooms studying from 7:00 until 9:00. Um, I’m not sure of those times now. Any SPCH people care to give the correct times? Just to make this more like the others, I’ve still marked what I would have watched with an asterisk. Here is the complete prime time schedule for 1984-1985 so that you can play along at home.

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
S	*Knight Rider		*The Jeffersons	*Alice	*Trapper John, MD
M	*Scarecrow and Mrs. King		*Kate & Allie	*Newhart	*Cagney & Lacey
T	*The A-Team		x		x
W	*The Fall Guy		*The Facts of Life	x	*St. Elsewhere
R	*The Cosby Show	*Family Ties	*Cheers	*Night Court	*Hill Street Blues
F	V vs. The Dukes of Hazard		x		x
S	Airwolf		x		x

Notes:

• x: Nothing on, didn’t watch.
• vs.: Whichever one wasn’t a rerun
• I never watched Miami Vice, but I did have a dream that I was Don Johnson in an episode. I actually dreamed in both pastels and stereo.
• This was the first Season of The A-Team. I don’t know how we watched it.

There was absolutely no change in the shows I watched from the 82-83 season to the 83-84 season. So, instead of finally just putting this series of posts to rest, here are the shows that I was least likely to watch. And here is the complete prime time schedule for 1983-1984 so that you can play along at home.

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
S	Archie Bunker’s Place	Gloria	ABC Sunday Night Movie
M	Square Pegs	Private Benjamin	N.F.L Monday Night Football
T	Father Murphy		Gavilan		Hart to Hart
W	Tales of the Gold Monkey		Alice	Filthy Rich	Tucker’s Witch
R	Joanie Loves Chachi	Star of the Family	Too Close for Comfort	It Takes Two	Knot’s Landing
F	The Power of Matthew Star		Dallas		The Quest
S	T.J. Hooker		Gimme a Break!	Love Sidney	The Devlin Connection

Notes:

• There are so many of these that I have absolutely no memory of.
• I actually don’t dislike these; they just lose in their time-slot
  • Hart to Hart
  • Alice
  • Too Close for Comfort
• I actually ended up watching Joanie Loves Chachi fairly often because my sister, who normally has pretty good taste, really liked it.

Here’s the next installment in the “What I Was Watching” series. Seriously? How am I still writing these? Here’s the first instalment. And here is the complete prime time schedule for 1982-1983 so that you can play along at home.

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
S	CHiPs		The Jeffersons	One Day at a Time	Trapper John, MD
M	That’s Incredible		M*A*S*H	Newhart	Cagney & Lacey
T	Happy Days	Laverne & Shirley	Three’s Company	x	St. Elsewhere
W	Real People		The Facts of Life	Family Ties	Quincy
R	Magnum P.I. vs. Fame		Cheers	Taxi	Hill Street Blues
F	The Dukes of Hazard		The Greatest American Hero vs. Knight Rider		Falcon Crest
S	Diff’rent Strokes	Silver Spoon	The Love Boat		Fantasy Island

Notes:

• x: Nothing on, didn’t watch.
• vs.: Whichever one wasn’t a rerun
• Hart to Hart loses out to St. Elsewhere
• Micheal J. Fox was Alex P. Keaton
• There are no half hour shows in the 9:00 – 10:00 time slot. Ever.

Here’s the next installment in the “What I Was Watching” series.  I’m pretty sure that I’m the only one who finds this fascinating. Here’s the first instalment. And here is the complete prime time schedule for 1980-1981 so that you can play along at home.

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
S	CHiPs		Alice	The Jeffersons	Trapper John, MD
M	That’s Incredible		M*A*S*H	x	Lou Grant
T	Happy Days	Laverne & Shirley	B.J. and the Bear		Hart to Hart
W	Real People (unless Daisy was guest starring on Enos)		Diff’rent Strokes	The Facts of Life	Quincy
R	!?!?!?!		Magnum P.I.		20/20
F	The Incredible Hulk vs. Benson		The Dukes of Hazard		NOT Dallas
S	WKRP in Cincinnati	(2nd half of) Barbra Mandrell & The Mandrell Sisters	The Love Boat		Fantasy Island

Notes:

• x: Nothing on, didn’t watch. (way fewer of these than in 1979-1980)
• !?!?!?!: This was a real conundrum. Here were the choices:
  • Mork & Mindy / Bosom Buddies
  • The Waltons
  • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
• vs.: Whichever one wasn’t a rerun
• NOT Dallas: This is the only show I remember not being allowed to watch.
• I fully admit that I should have been watching Hill Street Blues instead of Fantasy Island

First, I should point out that this is Lloyd. Lauren has better taste in all things, so she was maybe watching something completely different… more sophisticated, no doubt. Here’s the complete prime-time lineup for the 1979 – 1980 season.

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
S	Mork & Mindy	One Day at a Time	Alice	The Jeffersons	Trapper John, MD
M	Little House on the Prarie		M*A*S*H	WKRP in Cincinnati	Lou Grant
T	Happy Days	x	Three’s Company	Taxi	x	x
W	Real People		Different Strokes	x	x	x
T1	Quincy		Buck Rogers in the 25th Century		20/20
T2	The Waltons		Barney Miller	x	20/20
F	Fantasy Island vs. The Incredible Hulk		The Dukes of Hazard		NOT Dallas
S	CHiPs		B.J. and the Bear vs. The Love Boat		Hart to Hart

Notes:

• x: Nothing on, didn’t watch.
• Thu 1: Dad not home
• Thu 2: Dad home
• vs.: Whichever one wasn’t a rerun
• NOT Dallas: This is the only show I remember not being allowed to watch.

What about you?

part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5

Here’s the next installment in the “What I Was Watching” series. Let me know when you find these posts unbearable. Here’s the first instalment. And here is the complete prime time schedule for 1981-1982 so that you can play along at home.

	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30
S	CHiPs		Alice	The Jeffersons	Trapper John, MD
M	That’s Incredible		M*A*S*H	x	Lou Grant
T	Happy Days	Laverne & Shirley	Three’s Company	Too Close for Comfort	Hart to Hart
W	Real People vs. The Greatest American Hero		The Facts of Life	x	Quincy
R	Magnum P.I.		Diff’rent Strokes	Taxi	Hill Street Blues
F	The Dukes of Hazard		Still NOT Dallas		Falcon Crest
S	Wonderful World of Disney		The Love Boat		Fantasy Island

Notes:

• x: Nothing on, didn’t watch.
• vs.: Whichever one wasn’t a rerun
• NOT Dallas: Seriously? Falcon Crest, but not Dallas?
• No B.J. and the Bear [sniff]
• Tuesday is a sweep for ABC in the lucrative 11-12 year old market
• Mork & Mindy jump the shark with the addition of Jonathan Winters
• I was in love with Trudy, so I couldn’t watch The Fall Guy with any regularity.